Québec winner Guillaume Rousseau with Marie-Josée Blais, Director, International Collaboration, Ministère de l’Enseignement supérieur, de la Recherche, de la Science et de la Technologie, who presented the prize to the winner on behalf of the Ministère des Relations internationales, de la Francophonie et du Commerce extérieur at the first Journée de la Relève on September 26, 2013. Photo: Gunther Gamper

The prizes were presented this year to Québec student Guillaume Rousseau and French student Adeline Caute during the first Journée de la Relève organized by the Association francophone pour le savoir (Acfas) in partnership with the Fonds de Recherche du Québec.

The two young researchers were rewarded for the excellence of their doctoral theses, which were co-supervised by French and Québec professors.

Adeline Caute’s doctoral thesis, which was co-supervised by professors at Université Paris-Sorbonne – Paris IV and Université du Québec à Montréal, examined the sacrifices made by mothers in books written by French, Québec and American women authors during the two decades following World War II.

Encouraging student mobility

The Prix de thèse en cotutelle franco-québécoise are made possible by funding from the Commission permanente de coopération franco-québécoise. Like the Frontenac Program, which offers mobility grants to PhD students, these prizes are aimed at encouraging student mobility between France and Québec.